I'm in partnership on all the tortoises and turtles with a fellow who lives in Philadelphia, William. William came and spent the last two days with me. What a blessing it was to have an able-bodied man around the house for two days. He helped me with heavy projects that I haven't been able to handle myself, plus he helped me weigh the heavy tortoises. I have a nice, digital shipping scale but its only about 12" square, so I didn't think it would work for the large tortoises, however, we up-ended a 5 gallon bucket on the scale and placed the tortoises on the bucket.
Dudley weighed 97lbs three years ago, so I was sure he was quite heavy now, however he only weighs 106lbs. That's still quite a handful! 106lbs at about 20 or 21 years of age.
Bo weighs 123.4lbs and So weighs 130.2lbs. Not bad for only 10 years of age!
Even though it was good to see William and have him help me with beak filing and other ugly, heavy projects...I'm so glad to be alone again! I really do like being a hermit!!
Dudley weighed 97lbs three years ago, so I was sure he was quite heavy now, however he only weighs 106lbs. That's still quite a handful! 106lbs at about 20 or 21 years of age.
Bo weighs 123.4lbs and So weighs 130.2lbs. Not bad for only 10 years of age!
Even though it was good to see William and have him help me with beak filing and other ugly, heavy projects...I'm so glad to be alone again! I really do like being a hermit!!